Together, Google Cloud and Ericsson will jointly develop 5G and edge cloud solutions to help CSPs digitally transform, and to unlock new enterprise and consumer use cases at Ericsson’s Silicon Valley D15 Labs, an innovation centre where advanced solutions and technologies can be developed and tested on a live, multi-layer 5G platform.
Both companies have already completed functional onboarding of Ericsson 5G on Anthos to enable telco edge and on-premise use cases for CSPs and enterprises.
“Organisations have a tremendous opportunity to digitally transform their businesses with 5G and cloud capabilities like artificial intelligence and machine learning at the edge,” said Thomas Kurian (pictured), CEO at Google Cloud.
“We are proud to partner with Ericsson to help build a foundation for communications service providers and enterprises alike to take advantage of cloud technology and cloud-native services, from telecom network core to the edge and enterprise premises.”
As part of this collaboration, Google Cloud and Ericsson are also piloting enterprise applications at the edge on a live network with Italian incumbent telco, TIM.
The project will use TIM’s telco cloud infrastructure, Google Cloud solutions, and Ericsson’s 5G core network and orchestration technologies to automate the functions of TIM’s core 5G network and cloud-based applications.
These enhanced offerings will help enterprises in the automotive, transportation, manufacturing, and other sectors improve efficiencies and lower latency by bringing connectivity close to companies’ physical locations.
“5G is a powerful innovation platform. Combined with edge cloud capabilities, 5G has the potential to accelerate the digital transformation of virtually any sector of industry or society,” said Niklas Heuveldop, president and head of Ericsson North America.
“We are excited about our partnership with Google Cloud as we engage with our customers to leverage our combined capabilities to solve real-world business challenges for the benefit of consumers, enterprises and society at large.”
